Sunday, May 16, 2010

KYIV, May 15. (UKRINFORM). The official opening ceremony of the Europe Day in Ukraine was held in the city. Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Kostiantyn Hryshchenko, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, Minister of Emergencies of Ukraine Nestor Shufrych, EU ambassadors took part in the ceremony. Kostiantyn Hryshchenko reminded that it was the 8th time Ukraine celebrated the Europe Day. The Minister emphasized that Ukraine followed its way of the European integration and implementation of the European principles. In turn, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira pointed at the presidential and governmental support of European integration ideas. He stressed that Ukraine could get closer to the European Union only in case of legislation amendments and reformation. "We intend to support Ukraine in the process of the EU integration," Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira emphasized. The Head of the European Commission Delegation to Ukraine said that the Europe Day to held all around Ukraine. On May 19-21 they will be held in Sevastopol and Kherson, on May 27 in Sverdlovsk (Luhansk region), on May 28 in Mariupol, on June 3-6 in Zakarpattia region.